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Y PAINTERS VI. NOTABLE ENGLISH PERSONS OF THE REIGN OF CHARLES I. I. PORTRAIT OF ANNA WAKE Picture from Carbon Print by Braun, Clement & Co. II. THE REST IN EGYPT Picture from Carbon Print by Braun, Clement & Co. III. THE SO-CALLED PORTRAIT OF RICHARDOT AND HIS SON Picture from Carbon Print by Braun, Clement & Co. IV. THE VISION OF ST. ANTHONY Picture from Photograph by Fratelli Alinari V. MADAME ANDREAS COLYNS DE NOLE AND HER DAUGHTER Picture from Photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl VI. DAEDALUS AND ICARUS Picture from Carbon Print by Braun, Clement & Co. VII. PORTRAIT OF CHARLES I. By Sir Peter Lely after Van Dyck. Picture from Carbon Print by Braun, Clement & Co. VIII. THE MADONNA OF ST. ROSALIA Picture from Carbon Print by Braun, Clement & Co. IX. CHARLES, PRINCE OF WALES (DETAIL) Picture from Photograph by D. Anderson X. ST. MARTIN DIVIDING HIS CLOAK WITH A BEGGAR Picture from Carbon Print by Braun, Clement & Co. XI. THE CRUCIFIXION Picture from Carbon Print by Braun, Clement & Co. XII. JAMES STUART, DUKE OF LENNOX AND RICHMOND Picture from Photograph of the original Painting XIII. CHRIST AND THE PARALYTIC Picture from Carbon Print by Braun, Clement & Co. XIV. PHILIP, LORD WHARTON Picture from Carbon Print by Braun, Clement & Co. XV. THE LAMENTATION OVER CHRIST Picture from Carbon Print by Braun, Clement & Co. XVI. PORTRAIT OF VAN DYCK PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF PROPER NAMES AND FOREIGN WORDS * * * * * INTRODUCTION I. ON VAN DYCK'S CHARACTER AS AN ARTIST. The student of Van Dyck's art naturally classifies the painter's works into four groups, corresponding chronologically to the four successive periods of his life. There was first the short period of his youth in Antwerp, when Rubens was the dominating influence upon his work. The portrait of Van der Geest, in the National Gallery, belongs to this time. Then followed the four years' residence in Italy, when he fell under the spell of Titian. This was the period of the series of splendid portraits of noble Italian families which are to this day the pride of Genoa. Here too belong those lovely Madonna pictures which brought back for a time the golden age of Venetian art. Upon his return to Antwerp, the six succeeding years gave him the opportunity to work out his own individuality. Some noble altar-pieces were produced in these years. Plea
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